Tie fastener



Oct. 8, 1929. G. G. UTH ET AL 1,730,697

' 'ma' FASTENER Fle'd July 2. 1928 A TTORNEY Patented Oct. 8, 10929 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE GUSTAVE UTI-I AND HARRY FEURSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIE FASTENER Application led July 2,

This invention relates to necktie fasteners and has for its object to provide means whereby a necktie can be Aknotted and held in wearing position without tying it around the collar.

When tying a necktie around a double ply collar difficulty is experienced in adjusting the tie and knot thereof asthe party of the tie extending between the two plies is held so tight around the collar that by pulling it one way or the other the tie loses its shape, quickly wears off or even tears.

To obviate this objection provide a construction that will render it unnecessary to pass the tie around the collar, and permit the tie to be easily and conveniently tied to a knot and to be attached to the front shirt in wearing position, without affecting the .ape pearance of the tie when worn.

Another object of this invention is to provide the device with simple means that will render the attachment and detachment of the tie very easy and that will not be liable to damage the shirt, tear off its buttons or wear out the button holes. f

My invention will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying` drawing in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts and in which F ig.'1 is a front elevation of my tie fastener; Fig. 2 a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 8 a vertical section thereof; Figs. 4 and 5 elevations of the upper part of the fastener of two modified forms of constructions and Figs. 6-8 illustrate the mode of knotting the tie on said fastener.

Referring to the drawing more in detail, 10 denotes a member composed of two longitudinally overlapping sections 10a, 10b adapted to beadjustably clamped or otherwise joined together as will be hereinafter described. The section y10a serves as the tie holder or support proper while the section 10"7 as the means for its attachment to the front shirt.

The section 10 according to Figs. 1 to 3 is formed at its upper end with a broadened substantially U-shaped or forked head piece 10 in whose vertical legs is fixed a trans-1 versely extending rod or Wire 11 slightly 1928. Serial No. 289,655.

neck or collar and whose ends are somewhat extended to engage between the two plies of 'the collar when in position of use. The part below the Vhead piece is reduced in width and slotted longitudinally as at 102 for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

The section 10b is formed at its upper end with a hook 103 serving to engage the collar button Z). Frein the lower end Vthereof pro- Y jects a resiliently supported finger or member 104 which is adapted to engage the front shirt s, as one of its button holes (Fig. 3) thereof.

In the present example this finger or member 104 is formedat the end of a rod slidably mounted in a guide member 12 fixed to the rear face of the section 10b, said rod being actuated by a spring 13 tending to project said member downwardly `a'ndxoutwardly through said guide piece.

These two sections 10el .and 1()b are adapted to be adjustably clamped or joined -together so that they can be adjusted longitudinally to lengthen or shorten the device according to requirements. lnthe present example the clamp consists of a threadedstud 14; on the section 10b adapted to pass through the slot 102 and receive a clamping nut 15. Suitable means may be provided to prevent the two sections fromtilting sideways. According to the present example the section ,10?L is formed with upstanding marginal edges 1()C adapted to engage between themselves the section 10b. o

As will be seen' from Fig. 3 the head piece of the section 10a is somewhat bent forwardly or offset from the hooked end 103 of section 10b as atl()e to clear the latter for engagement of the collar button. The same may be convexed on its outerv or frontface E so that the knot may be neatly tied around the same,4as will be presently described, without becoming angular. VTheloop'at the upper end of the head piece, as shownin Fig. 4;,'inay be in form of a'safety pin as at 16 or in form of a transversal slot 17 as shown in Fig. 5. l

For-fastening and knotting it around the section 10a the tie t is first doubled upon itself and the folded end t is passed through the loop of the head piece 10 from the rear of the section l()a to extend down the front face of the latter. Then the two plies t2 t3 together are first folded around the front in horizontal manner to form aloop t4, as shown in Fig. 6, and then from the rear over the top of said section l()il through said loop t4 to extend vertically downward over the part t', as shown in Fig. 7, thereby producing the knot t5 shown in Fig. 8. v

Instead, after the folded end t of the tie vis passed through the loop of the device in the aforedescribed manner, the outer ply of the tie is folded over the top of section 10a to extend down the front face of the device and then the second ply is folded to form the knot t5 in the manner heretofore described. The result is the same, except that in the latter case the knot formed is less bulky than in the former.

After the tie is thus neatly tied to a knot, the device l() is placed in position over the front shirt and fastened by firstengaging its vhooked end 103 with the collar button L and its resilient hooked member 10L with one of the button holes 7L in the shirt s, as shown in Fig.. 3. The resilience of the lower hook 103` will permit the wearer to bend or move freely without c-ausingfthe holder l0 to be accidentally detached or tearing or wearing out` the button hole.

The device maybe cheaply manufactured from sheet metal or other suitable material by stamping and has the advantage of considerably prolonging` the life of a tie.

It also has the advantage that once the tie is knotted around it, it need not be untiedunless another tie is desired. This will also tend to preserve the neatness of the tie since by repeated tying and untying the tie very quickly becomes stretched and distorted. Y

Thelower part l()d of section V10b may be broadened to permit the tie to be clamped thereto by suitable means while worn.

It is of course clear that the device may be greatly simplified and modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I, therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to details described and shown.

I claiml. A tie fastener, composed of two longitudinally overlapping sections, adjustably joined together, the upper section being formed with an upper broadened looped part and a lower part of reduced width and the lower section having a hooked part at its top for engagement of the collar button of the wearer and a resiliently supported means for engaging a button or button hole of the front shirt. A

2. A tie fastener comprising a loop member on which a tievmay be knotted and having a lateral extension of reduced width, a second member adjust-ably engaging said extension on said first member, means on the upper end of said second member for the engagement of the collar buttonl of the wearer and means also mounted on said second member for engag ing on the shirt front.

3. A tie fastener comprising a broadened looped member on which a tie 4may be :knotted and having an extension of reduced width and means cooperating with lsaid extension tures.

GUSTAVE G. UTH. HARRY FEURS'IEIN. 

